Advance care planning in Hispanic populations with Parkinson's Disease: Investigating disparities in end-of life care.

ABSTRACT: Advance care planning (ACP) is a tool for optimizing end-of-life care and is an important aspect of healthcare for people with Parkinson's disease (PD). However, there may be disparities in access to ACP based on race and/or ethnicity. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of people with PD and care partners from a diverse academic Movement Disorders clinic regarding familiarity with ACP and sociodemographic factors. We compared prior experiences with ACP, with a primary outcome examining prior completion of healthcare power of attorney (HPOA) and advance directives (AD) among Hispanics and non-Hispanics in the cohort. Univariate analysis was utilized to compare cohort demographics. A multinomial logistic regression was performed to control for possible confounders. 250 participants comple

SUBMITTER: Peabody T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12363598 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature